ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 188788
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| Date: | Thursday 7 July 2016 |
| Time: | 11:55 |
| Type: |  Gulfstream American AA-5A Cheetah |
| Owner/operator: | Tomorrows Aeronautical Museum |
| Registration: | N26908 |
| MSN: | AA5A-0805 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2710 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming 0-320 E2G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cheyenne, Wyoming -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Cheyenne, WY (CYS) |
| Chicago, IL (MDW) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight instructor and student pilot were departing on an instructional cross-country flight when, just after takeoff, the airplane encountered wind and turbulence. The instructor had difficulty maintaining altitude and elected to perform an off-airport precautionary landing, during which the right wing sustained substantial damage. A weather study revealed conditions conducive to low-level wind shear and turbulence at the accident site at the time of the accident. Although the instructor had received an abbreviated weather briefing before departure, the briefing did not advise of the potential for low-level wind shear. It is likely that the encounter with wind shear during departure made it difficult for the airplane to maintain altitude.
Probable Cause: The airplane’s encounter with low-level wind shear during takeoff, which resulted in an off-airport landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jul-2016 06:57 | bovine | Added |
| 21-Jul-2016 15:50 | bovine | Updated [Source] |
| 21-Jul-2016 15:51 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 21-Jul-2016 16:42 | bovine | Updated [Cn] |
| 19-Aug-2017 16:15 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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